Elton John Newcastle City Hall 1986
Elton was back at the City Hall in 1986. The tour was to promote his latest album, Ice on Fire, and started in the autumn of 1985 and continued until October 1986. Elton ended 1986 with a series of concerts in Australia at which he was accompanied by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The UK performances were staged in a mix of arenas (he played nine nights at Wembley arena) and small and intimate venues including Newcastle City Hall, Manchester Apollo and Edinburgh Playhouse. He played several nights at each venue, including three at Newcastle. The entire tour lasted for eighty-six shows and covered eleven continent. 
Setlist: Highlander; Tonight; One Horse Town; Better Off Dead; Rocket Man;
Honky Cat; Burn Down the Mission; Someone Saved My Life Tonight; The Bitch Is Back; A Song for You; Blue Eyes; I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues; Restless; Passengers; Bennie and the Jets; Sad Songs (Say So Much); Shoot Down the Moon; This Town; Nikita; I’m Still Standing; Your Song; Wrap Her Up; Candle in the Wind; Can I Get a Witness
29 Jun
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